Israeli pesticides destroy Lebanese tobacco crop MP Ali Bazzi calls for UN intervention as farmers appeal for compensation By Mohammed Zaatari and Samer Wehbe Daily Star staff Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Israel has poisoned hundreds of thousands of square meters of tobacco plants by spraying agricultural pesticides on fruit trees in a grove in Israel bordering the village of Bint Jbeil. More than 400,000 square meters.
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